abc

English Online Dictionary. What means abc‎? What does abc mean?

Translingual

Symbol

abc

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ambala.

Danish

Alternative forms

• ABC

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abeseː/, [æb̥eˈseːˀ]

Noun

abc c (singular definite abc'en, plural indefinite abc'er)

1. ABC (a primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading; the rudiments of any subject)

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

After the first three letters of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː.beːˈseː/

Noun

abc n (uncountable)

1. alphabet

   Synonym: alfabet

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.be.se/

Noun

abc m (plural abc)

1. ABC, basics, fundamentals, rudiments

   l’abc des mathématiques ― the rudiments of mathematics

Anagrams

• bac

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

abc m (invariable)

1. ABC, alphabet

   Synonym: abbiccì

Anagrams

• cab

Middle English

Noun

abc

1. Alternative form of abece

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ABC

Etymology 1

The first three letters of the Norwegian alphabet, A, B and C.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːbɛˈseː/
• Rhymes: -eː
• Hyphenation: a‧b‧c
• Homophone: ABC

Noun

abc f or m (definite singular abc-a or abc-en, indefinite plural abc-er, definite plural abc-ene)

1. an ABC (a primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading and spelling)

   Synonyms: abc-bok, stavebok

2. (figuratively) basic knowledge of a subject

   vitenskapens og politikkens abc

   the ABC's of science and politics

   kunne sin abc ― know your ABCs

   kunne mer enn sin abc ― know more than your ABCs (to understand many things)

3. a textbook that contains elementary knowledge within a topic or subject

   abc for førerprøven ― ABC for the driving test

   abc for matlaging ― ABC for cooking

   Synonyms: grunnbok, lærebok

4. (rare) alphabet (the set of letters used when writing in a language)

Usage notes

Most often capitalised, except for the inflected endings.

Etymology 2

The first letter of each term; atom, biologisk and kjemisk, borrowed from English English atomic, biological and chemical.

Adjective

abc

1. (weaponry) Initialism of atom-, biologisk and kjemisk: ("atomic, biological and chemical") the three main categories of weapons of mass destruction.

Derived terms

References

• “abc” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abc” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• ABC

Noun

abc f (definite singular abc-a, indefinite plural abc-er, definite plural abc-ene)

1. ABC (often in book form)
2. alphabet

Usage notes

Often capitalised, except for the inflected part.

References

• “abc” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From abecadło.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.bɛˈt͡sɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Syllabification: a‧b‧c

Noun

abc n (indeclinable)

1. 101 (basic knowledge)

   Synonyms: abecadło, alfabet, elementarz, podstawy

Derived terms

Further reading

• abc in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• abc in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• abecê, á-bê-cê

Noun

abc m (plural abcs)

1. ABC (alphabet)
2. ABC (rudiments)

Spanish

Noun

abc m (plural abcs)

1. Alternative form of abecé

Further reading

• “abc”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28